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“My sister was refused communion in front of the whole congregation because of her tongue ring. When she stepped up to receive it, the priest held the chalice away from her, ‘protected’ it with his other hand, and announced that she couldn’t receive communion because ‘piercing is a satanic practice’…
“We had attended that church every Sunday for our entire lives, my father went for 30 years before we were born. Mom, sis, and I were in choir, my mom taught Sunday school and my dad volunteered by selling coffee and donuts after church every Sunday for as long as I can remember. It wasn’t a mega-church either, everyone knew everyone. It wasn’t even a super conservative church. Every woman had pierced ears, of course, but also the church banquet hall was still decorated for the Halloween party/haunted house they had the Friday before. You’d think if he was concerned for her soul he would have shown a little more tact and quietly asked to speak with her after the service. Nope. We walked out that day and never went back. :)”
—u/atreyuno
Source: https://www.buzzfeed.com/andyneuenschwander/religious-parents-stupidest-sins
